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The theatre loves nothing more than itself, especially when things aren't going to plan: this kind of self-sustaining narcissism has made hits of everything from The Producers and Spamalot to Michael Frayn's Noises Off. And in The Play That Goes Wrong, we're here to prick the pomposities and artifice of theatre yet again in a bustling portrait of an amateur dramatic company from Cornley... Read more

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Mischief Theatre’s hit The Play That Goes Wrong has announced it has extended its run in the West End.
The play opened at the Duchess Theatre in September 2014 and, in celebration of the show’s 3rd birthday, has extended its booking period to 30th September 2018.
The Play That Goes Wrong is about The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society who are in the midst of putting on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong, does.

After brightening up the West End with not one but three hit comedies the folk at Mischief Theatre certainly know how to entertain an audience. Their Olivier Award-winning comedy The Play That Goes Wrong started from humble beginnings in a pub theatre before transferring to the Trafalgar Studios, enjoying a UK tour and an extended run at the Duchess Theatre in the West End where it is now booking into its fourth year.

Following the Broadway opening of the Olivier Award-winning comedy The Play That Goes Wrong, producers have today announced the new cast for the original London production at the Duchess Theatre from 10 May 2017.
The new cast will include Jack Baldwin as Chris, Leonard Cook as Robert, Katy Daghorn as Sandra, Fred Gray as Jonathan, George Haynes as Max, Daniel Poyser as Trevor, Lindsey Scott as Annie and Sydney K Smith as Dennis, alongside Tom Babbage, Jamie Birkett, Sean Carey and Beth Lilly.

Ahead of its Broadway opening, the Olivier Award-winning comedy The Play That Goes Wrong has extended its booking at the West End's Duchess Theatre to 25 February 2018.
"Stumbling through its third catastrophic year" the play is written and created by Mischief Theatre company members Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields. The production originally opened in the West End on 14 September 2014, following previews from 5 September, 2014.